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The crest of a wave

The community might be tired of seeing streets lined with cones – but Mary Anne Gill reports that a teenager’s bright nature has provided some light relief. Motorists might have entered orange cone capital in…

Parking: it’s chaos, pain

If the answer to Cambridge’s parking crisis is to build a car park building, then be prepared to pay for parking right through the central business district. That was the message from Waipā Transport manager…

More fun on the run

The annual Waipā Fun Run organised by Cambridge’s St Peter’s Catholic School is attracting a growing number of out-of-region participants. This year’s family fun walk and run event, which has Cambridge News as one of…

Keep it to yourself…

Continuing on my recent retail theft topic, we have become aware of a spate of thefts of handbags and wallets. What has made these thefts easier, is the habit many people have of putting them…

News in brief ……

Public forum Cambridge Community Board’s public forum tonight (Wednesday) featured submissions from Destination Cambridge over the recent decision to stop funding the local iSite and two sporting clubs concerned at Waipā’s plans to take over…

Trio face court over robberies

Update – Tuesday 20 February 4.40pm One of the three teenagers charged in connection with two aggravated robberies in Cambridge earlier this month has been remanded in custody. The three males are scheduled to appear…

Pirongia licence declined

Update 19 February 3pm – Waipā District Council media release An application for a renewal of an on-licence at the Five Stags Restaurant and Bar in Pirongia has been declined. The failed bid to renew…

Dying to live

Being human, means that with life, comes the inevitability of death. Being no respecter of persons, it comes for everyone. Some won’t necessarily relish engagement with this subject, hence all kinds of euphemisms are politely…

Eight Ball: it’s talk, not chalk

Members of the Eight Ball Group are used to being quizzed on the origins of their name. The reason has more to do with physiology than pool, it seems, because the four men who started…

An eye for the horses

Nathan Pearson isn’t your average teenage horse-enthusiast. His passion for horses began when he saddled up, aged four, for his lessons at Greenhithe Riding for the Disabled in Auckland. “I’d never seen him sit and…

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